Davis, according to the stats culled by one of ESPN’s researchers, has an OPS of 1.624 against sliders, by far the best in the majors. (Angel Pagan is a distant second at 1.227, followed by Lance Berkman at 1.140.)

Davis ranks eighth against changeups (1.155 OPS), which may suggest that it doesn’t make much sense to work him off-speed at all. But good luck challenging him with fastballs all day.